Comic-Con 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Comic Books' Big Night: The 2012 Eisner Award Winners

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Big-budget Hollywood movies and celebrity sightings aside, in its 43rd year, Comic-Con is still about the art and industry of comic books. A celebration of the best artists and comic works of the last year, the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (the Oscars of the comic scene) were held Friday night in San Diego.

Taking the prize for best digital comic is Battlepug, the tale of a warrior pug by Mike Norton, which began as a web comic and will soon hit the printed page in a full collection edition. Keep reading to see if your favorite comics were included among the full list of winners.

Best Short Story
"The Seventh," by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW)

Best Comics-Related Journalism
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com

Best Educational/Academic Work (Tie)Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)

Best Comics-Related BookMetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

Best Publication DesignJim Henson's Tale of Sand, designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)